Why plan to turn care home into flats might not be what it seems

A proposal for more housing in Cheltenham could see a working care home given permission to be converted into flats.

But the director of the company that has asked for that permission says it has no actual plans to close the home and make it into apartments, and that he is merely trying to raise money to refurbish the site.

Fidelia Care Ltd runs two homes in Cheltenham, one in Charlton Kings in Moorend Road, and one in Lypiatt Lodge in Tivoli.

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It’s the latter building that's the subject of an application for planning permission from Cheltenham Borough Council to turn the Grade II 19th Century building at the corner of Lypiatt Road and Lypiatt Drive into 13 accessible flats.

The building is Grade II listed and dates from the mid-19th century

A report to the council says: “The development looks to convert an existing residential care home into 13 apartments with a mix of one and two bedrooms for sale on the open market.

“As part of the proposed works, key features of the existing building will be re-established and made good that have been damaged or lost through its conversion into the care home.”